Friedrich von Löwis of Menar
Friedrich von Löwis of Menar | |
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 Portrait by George Dawe, before 1825 | |
| Born | 6 September [O.S. 26 August] 1767 Hapsal, Reval Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 16 April [O.S. 4 April] 1824 (aged 57) Kreis Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
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| Allegiance |  Russia |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army |
| Service years | 1772–1814 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
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| Awards | Order of St. George 3rd class, Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Order of St. Vladimir 2nd class, Order of St. Anna 1st class with diamonds, Gold Sword for Bravery with diamonds |
Friedrich von[a] Löwis of Menar (Russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Левиз, romanized: Fyodor Fyodorovich Leviz; 6 September [O.S. 26 August] 1767 – 16 April [O.S. 4 April] 1824) was a Russian lieutenant-general of Scottish origin, who served in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars. His family (the family name commonly spelled in English as Lewis) came from South Scotland to Sweden around 1630. By the time of Friedrich's birth, it had become a well-established noble family settled in Livonia in the Russian Empire.
Notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: von was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as . Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting.
Further reading
- Henning von Löwis of Menar (Author), Ich wäre gern geblieben. Das Leben des Friedrich von Löwis of Menar, Verlag: Hinstorff/PRO; Auflage: 1., Aufl. (7. Dezember 2005), ISBN 3-86167-151-4
- Reinhold von Klot, Generalleutnant Friedrich von Löwis of Menar, Retter der Stadt Riga im August 1812, in: Baltische Briefe, Nr. 3/4 (797/798) März/April 2015, Hrsg. Ingeborg v. Kleist, Verlag Baltische Briefe – Wolf J. v. Kleist GmbH
External links
- Russian Generals of the Napoleonic Wars: Lieutenant General Friedrich von Lowis of Menar by Alexander Mikaberidze
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